‘Why Aren’t You Married’ A Popular Game At Mandatory Fun Weekend

Samson, a Great Dane and family dog of Capt. Jonny Leggett and Capt. Julie Leggett, wears rabbit ears during an Easter event hosted by the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division March 28 at Fort Hood, Texas. Children at the event played various games and participated in arts and crafts. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf, 3rd ABCT PAO, 1st Cavalry Division)

Family Readiness Group Leader Stephanie Crompton noted, “I simply can’t fathom why Lieutenant Tom Stephens isn’t married. He never brings a date to these weekend mandatory fun gatherings. I can only assume he’s not married because he’s a closet homosexual.”

Witnesses describe a trio of single officers at the mandatory family gathering on Saturday—which catered primarily to junior enlisted soldiers, trashy spouses, and their rambunctious, hell-spawn children—awkwardly standing around in a circle and staring at their watches for the better part of an hour.

“I had plans to be blotto drunk in Austin, with a 90% probability of being balls-deep in a sorority girl from the University of Texas right now because, well, you can’t spell ‘slut’ without ‘UT’,” said one lieutenant, speaking to The Duffel Blog on the condition of anonymity.

“But no. I’m here for weekend mandatory fun. And I spent the better part of the morning setting up for this bullshit, too. God forbid we call in married people to set up the arrangements for their little brats.”

However, Lt. Col. Mike Crompton, the unit’s battalion commander, echoed the sentiments of his wife.

“Personally, I like to tease all my single soldiers about this during monthly guy’s night out, which is a great day for us married guys to get away from our wives,” said Compton, with no small amount of envy towards the unit’s unmarried troops.

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